It's the Brian Laris Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. Let's play some excerpts from and get analysis of the birthright citizenship oral arguments this morning at the Supreme Court.

It's technically called Trump versus Barbara, although maybe it should have been more accurately been called Trump versus Barbara's kid.

Barbara is a woman who came here from Honduras in 2024 seeking political asylum and had a baby in 2025.

It's the legal status of the baby, of course, that's actually at issue.

President Trump issued an executive order that says at least one parent has to be a U.S. citizen

or a legal permanent residence, often called a green card holder, for the baby to

automatically be a citizen. The 14th Amendment, in contrast, says all persons born or naturalized

in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States.

The arguments were scheduled for one hour at 10 o'clock, so here we are at seven minutes

after 11.

Let's see how it's been going.

We'll hear some excerpts now and get analysis from Emily Bazelon, who teaches at Yale Law School

and is a staff writer for the New York Times Magazine, as well as contributing opinion

pieces on legal affairs

for the Times, and she is co-host of Slate's Political Gap Fest podcast.

Emily, thanks for doing this instant analysis for us.

We appreciate your willingness.

Welcome back to WNIC.

Happy to be here.

Thanks for having me, Brian.

And we'll do some instant replay to set up your instant analysis in a minute.

But if you were writing a headline for what you've heard so far at the court, what might it be?

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